An ADHD diagnosis in adulthood can be life changing — but it's often just the beginning of a long journey.
Janine Falcon is in her 50s, but for most of her life she had no idea the things she struggled with were common symptoms for people with ADHD.
"But I also figured: you don't have ADHD, you're not sitting around jittery, you're not hyperactive in the least … they are going to laugh at you and say get out of my office, you're wasting my time."ListenADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – is not a behavioural condition; it's not a mental illness, or even a specific learning disability.
While many people can struggle with these skills, people with ADHD can experience problems with executive function all the time.For Janine, being chronically late was a major way ADHD impacted her."I felt it was something I couldn't help, but deep down you think there's something wrong with you if you can't help being late, and so you kind of avoid that thought."
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